org.dishevelled.vocabulary
Class Evidence

java.lang.Object
  org.dishevelled.vocabulary.Evidence

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

public class Evidence
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable

Evidence supports an assignment by reflecting the strength of knowledge used to create that assignment.

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Author:

Michael Heuer

Field Summary

private double	confidence Evidence confidence.
private java.lang.String	name Evidence name.
private double	score Evidence quantitative score.

Constructor Summary

Evidence(java.lang.String name, double score, double confidence)
Create a new evidence with the specified name, quantitative score, and confidence.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.lang.Object o)
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
double	getConfidence() Return a measure of confidence for the quantitative score, a p-value for instance.
java.lang.String	getName() Return the name of this evidence.
double	getScore() Return a quantitative score reflecting the strength of this evidence.
int	hashCode()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

name

private final java.lang.String name

Evidence name.

score

private final double score

Evidence quantitative score.

confidence

private final double confidence

Evidence confidence.

Constructor Detail

Evidence

public Evidence(java.lang.String name,
                double score,
                double confidence)

Create a new evidence with the specified name, quantitative score, and confidence.

Parameters:

name - evidence name

score - quantitative score

confidence - confidence

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Return the name of this evidence.

Returns:

the name

getScore

public double getScore()

Return a quantitative score reflecting the strength of this evidence.

Returns:

a quantitative score

getConfidence

public double getConfidence()

Return a measure of confidence for the quantitative score, a p-value for instance.

Returns:

a measure of confidence for the quantitative score

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

See Also:

Comparable

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object